DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
Word on the street is the good residents of Doncaster are going to burn a car out to cheer the place up a bit
You can’t buy stupid
- Thread starter Ming the Merciless
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cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
on my local facefluff page
kid taken to hospital via air ambulance after suspected broken leg , here is a phone shot of where he was riding downhill on a unpowered scooter in the middle of the road dodging cars
kid taken to hospital via air ambulance after suspected broken leg , here is a phone shot of where he was riding downhill on a unpowered scooter in the middle of the road dodging cars
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Good point
after all - none of us every went at crazy speeds down a hill on a 2 wheel machine that might or might not have been road worthy
only an idiot would do that
( I am using the word "idiot" in the manner where it includes most teenage boys!!!)
after all - none of us every went at crazy speeds down a hill on a 2 wheel machine that might or might not have been road worthy
only an idiot would do that
( I am using the word "idiot" in the manner where it includes most teenage boys!!!)
classic33
Leg End Member
Wheels a wee bit larger than 4", and with a better chance of the tyre staying on at over 20mph.
Aye, I've done that.
Gwylan
Veteran
- Location
- All at sea⛵
It's the Darwinian learning Venn space
There are 3 sets
Set A, those who don't try anything. Some fall off the settee and die. Others in this set just avoid becoming something bigger's lunch. Sadly these may reach maturity of some sort and breed.
Set B , those who try everything, some survive some don't. It's totally random but interesting to watch.
Set C , those who apply some thought or by observation and reasoning hedge their risks. These generally deliver progress for the human kind. Some just provide vicarious experience for the others to learn from.
So, the real treasures and nutters are those who occupy the set defined by
BintC
Other set intersections are generally have a near zero population.
Well that's the wait at the surgery whiled away. Lots of Set A around here.
Set C are amongst those lined up for the Minor Injuries Unit
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
I know a bloke who is very intelligent - one of those with zero qualification from acedemia
but who liked to chuck slightly strange thoughts out
He reckons that human development in "the old days" was powered by idiots
So - for example - imagine a community living easily in a valley with enought land and resources to support everyone and plenty of space to expansion
no reason to go anywhere else
but some idiot always wants to see what is in the next valley - or wonders what would happen if they climb over that ridge and go over to the other side and see what is there
no reason to do so - just wants to have a look, inspite of the risks of wandering off somewhere where he (probably) has no idea of what is there or what predators (including other humans) might be living there
then maybe he comes back and says what he has found
Then in a while others will go where he went, maybe because he (or someone else) wants to be a leader and sees this as an opportunity to be a King ina new place
or maybe they start to outgrow the valley and the new knowledge gives an alternative
same with bikes etc. People who are perfectly capable of getting to market every week want to find a way to get to market faster or to get to another market which is further away
or want to get to market faster that "that other person" just because - no advantage
in other words - without the idiots human development would have been much slower
or - to be more proper sounding - the spirit of adventure powers the ability of the species to move forward
(i.e. the idiots)
Its a theory - I think he just says it to annoy people
but who liked to chuck slightly strange thoughts out
He reckons that human development in "the old days" was powered by idiots
So - for example - imagine a community living easily in a valley with enought land and resources to support everyone and plenty of space to expansion
no reason to go anywhere else
but some idiot always wants to see what is in the next valley - or wonders what would happen if they climb over that ridge and go over to the other side and see what is there
no reason to do so - just wants to have a look, inspite of the risks of wandering off somewhere where he (probably) has no idea of what is there or what predators (including other humans) might be living there
then maybe he comes back and says what he has found
Then in a while others will go where he went, maybe because he (or someone else) wants to be a leader and sees this as an opportunity to be a King ina new place
or maybe they start to outgrow the valley and the new knowledge gives an alternative
same with bikes etc. People who are perfectly capable of getting to market every week want to find a way to get to market faster or to get to another market which is further away
or want to get to market faster that "that other person" just because - no advantage
in other words - without the idiots human development would have been much slower
or - to be more proper sounding - the spirit of adventure powers the ability of the species to move forward
(i.e. the idiots)
Its a theory - I think he just says it to annoy people
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
I don't think calling them "idiots" is fair though. Many of them will have been quite intelligent, just not satisfied with the status quo.
Explorers, innovators, inventors. These are the people who drive forward mankind. There are few compared to general population.
As Jeremy Clarkson once said to Ellen MacArthur, if it wasn't for people like her we'd be all still sitting in caves, saying it's alright this cave
Thank goodness for such people, very rare folk
As Jeremy Clarkson once said to Ellen MacArthur, if it wasn't for people like her we'd be all still sitting in caves, saying it's alright this cave
Thank goodness for such people, very rare folk
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
If you put a piece of live artillery on your head you can't really complain when the inevitable happens.
No sympathy whatsoever for the fool, but I feel sorrow for any family and friends.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Yes - he says it like that to stimulate conversation
his wife normally rolls her eyes at that point
Time Waster
Veteran
After 9/11 a former colleague with French nationalooty shared a load of French jokes with cartoons. One involved Belgium Jihadists attacking le Grande Arch de la defense. It came with a photoshopped image of a hang glider stuck in the side of the arch.
It seems the French look down on Belgiums as being a little bit backwards, like the Irish, but several years later the attack on the area around that paris music venue was carried out and masterminded by jihadist of which some were out of a poor area of Belgium. It does not pay to make jokes of such things as they might come true in another way.
Doncaster, that's Yorkshire right?
Is that level of stupid in Yorkshire even news?
It seems the French look down on Belgiums as being a little bit backwards, like the Irish, but several years later the attack on the area around that paris music venue was carried out and masterminded by jihadist of which some were out of a poor area of Belgium. It does not pay to make jokes of such things as they might come true in another way.
Doncaster, that's Yorkshire right?
Is that level of stupid in Yorkshire even news?
Hover Fly
Lazy so and so
- Location
- Besides the lake, beneath the trees
You can’t complain because your mouth’ s 100 yards from your brain.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Doncaster, that's Yorkshire right?
Anyone know the number of the UN Peacekeeper forces???
we might need them
